16 “And mony oʼ Israʼlʼs sons wull he weise rounʼ till the Lord their God.
“For John cam to ye, schawin richtousness; and ye wadna believe him. And ye, seein it aʼ, didna eʼen repent eftirhaun, that ye micht lippen till him.
“And ye, bairn, sal be caʼd the Prophet oʼ the Maist Heigh; for ye sal gang on afore him, to mak ready his gangins;
And he cam till aʼ pairts aboot Jordan, preachin repentance‐baptism, and remittin oʼ sins.